Maryland Remembers 9/11 Victims 20 Years After Terror Attacks

MARYLAND — While a generation has grown up without a direct memory of the 9/11 terror attacks, anyone older than 25 in Maryland likely remembers where they were on that September day.

Americans felt a collective trauma as first one and then another plane flew into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. As the truth dawned on people watching from their TVs that America was under attack, another plane took aim at the Pentagon. A fourth was brought down in a field in Pennsylvania in a final act of heroism by passengers who realized their flight had been hijacked.

Nearly 3,000 Americans, including more than 60 from Maryland, were killed in the suicide attacks carried out by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaida.

On the 20th anniversary of the attacks, our state remembers and mourns:

• Samantha Lightbourn-Allen, 36, of Hillside, died at the Pentagon
• Joshua T. Aron, 29, of Potomac, died at the World Trade Center
• Max Beilke, 69, of Laurel, died at the Pentagon
• Kris Romeo Bishundat, 23, of Waldorf, died at the Pentagon
• Carrie Blagburn, 48, of Temple Hills, died at the Pentagon
• Donna Bowen, 42, of Waldorf, died at the Pentagon
• Christopher L. Burford, 23, of Annapolis, died at the Pentagon
• Michael R. Canty, 30, of Baltimore died at the World Trade Center
• Angelene C. Carter, 51, of Forrestville, died at the Pentagon
• Sharon Carver, 38, of Waldorf, died at the Pentagon
• William E. Caswell, 54, of Silver Spring, killed on Flight 77
• Sarah Clark, 65, of Columbia, killed on Flight 77
• Julian Cooper, 39, of Springdale, died at the Pentagon
• Patricia Cushing, 69, of Baltimore, died on Flight 93
• Ada Davis, 57, of Camp Springs, died at the Pentagon
• Wayne Terrial Davis, 29, of Fort Meade, died at the World Trade Center
• James Daniel Debeuneure, 58, of Upper Marlboro, killed on Flight 77
• Charles S. Falkenberg, 45, of University Park, killed on Flight 77
• Dana Falkenberg, 3, of University Park, killed on Flight 77
• Zoe Falkenberg, 8, of University Park, killed on Flight 77
• Robert J. Fangman, 33, of Baltimore, killed on Flight 175
• Amelia V. Fields, 46, of Princess Anne, killed on Flight 77
• Gerald P. Fisher, 57, of Potomac, died at the Pentagon
• Sandra N. Foster, 41, of Clinton, died at the Pentagon
• Capt. Lawrence D. Getzfred, 57, of Silver Spring, died at the Pentagon
• Cortz Ghee, 54, of Reisterstown, died at the Pentagon
• Ron Golinski, 60, of Columbia, died at the Pentagon
• Ian J. Gray, 55, of Columbia, killed on Flight 77
• Michele Heidenberger, 57, of Chevy Chase, killed on Flight 77
• Sheila Hein, 51, of University Park, died at the Pentagon
• Jimmie Ira Holley, 54, of Lanham, died at the Pentagon
• Angela Houtz, 27, of La Plata, died at the Pentagon
• Brenda K. Kegler, 49, of Capitol Heights, died at the Pentagon
• Vincent A. Laieta, 31, of Ocean City, died at the World Trade Center
• Paul Laszczynski, 49, of Baltimore, died at the World Trade Center
• Samantha L. Lightbourn-Allen, 36, of Hillside, died at the Pentagon
• Alan P. Linton Jr., 26, of Frederick, died at the World Trade Center
• Joseph Maggitti, 47, of Abingdon, died at the World Trade Center
• Shelley A. Marshall, 37, of Marbury, died at the Pentagon
• Renee May, 39, of Baltimore, killed on Flight 77
• Kenneth M. McBrayer, 49, of Annapolis, died at the World Trade Center
• David W. McNeal, 29, of Towson, died at the World Trade Center
• Major Ronald D. Milam, 33, of Brandywine, died at the Pentagon
• Gerard P. "Jerry" Moran, 39, of Upper Marlboro, died at the Pentagon
• Odessa V. Morris, 54, of Upper Marlboro, died at the Pentagon
• Teddington Hamm "Ted" Moy, 48, of Silver Spring, died at the Pentagon
• Christopher W. Murphy, 35, of Easton, died at the World Trade Center
• Lt. Jonas M. Panik, 26 of Odenton, died at the Pentagon
• Darin Howard Pontell, 26, of Columbia, died at the Pentagon
• Scott Powell, 35, of Silver Spring, died at the Pentagon
• Todd Reuben, 40, of Potomac, killed on Flight 77
• Cecelia E. Richard, 41, of Fort Washington, died at the Pentagon
• Linda Rosenbaum, 41, of Pikesville, died at the World Trade Center
• Robert E. Russell, 52, of Oxon Hill, died at the Pentagon
• Chief Warrant Officer William R. Ruth, 57, of Mount Airy, died at the Pentagon
• Karen L. Seymour, 40, of Baltimore, died at the World Trade Center
• Antoinette "Toni" Sherman, 35, of Forest Heights, died at the Pentagon
• Patricia J. Statz, 41, of Tacoma Park, died at the Pentagon
• Edna L. Stephens, 53, of Capitol Heights, died at the Pentagon
• Hilda E. Taylor, 62 of Forestville, killed on Flight 77
• Willie Q. Troy, 51, of Aberdeen Proving Ground, died at the Pentagon
• Lt. Commander Ronald James Vauk, 37, died at the Pentagon
• Honor Elizabeth Wainio, 27, formerly of Catonsville, died on Flight 93
• Leslie A. Whittington Falkenberg, 45, of University Park, killed on Flight 77
• Ernest M. Willcher, 62, of North Potomac, died at the Pentagon
• Marvin R. Woods, 58, of Great Mills, died at the Pentagon
• John D. Yamnicky, 71, of Waldorf, killed on Flight 77
• Edmond Young, 22, of Owings, died at the Pentagon
• Lisa L. Young, 36, of Germantown, died at the Pentagon

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All 9/11 victims were remembered at memorial services across the nation on Sept. 11 to mark the 20th anniversary of the attacks.

At the 9/11 memorial in Lower Manhattan, New York — an area known for years after the attacks as “Ground Zero” — the names of the fallen were read aloud. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden attended, along with former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, and former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

“Throughout the ceremony, we will observe six moments of silence, acknowledging when each of the World Trade Center towers was struck and fell and the times corresponding to the attack on the Pentagon and the crash of Flight 93,” the 9/11 Memorial & Museum wrote on its website.

The annual “Tribute of Light,” which are lights pointed to the sky in the shape of the Twin Towers, will go on Saturday night.

Former President George W. Bush spoke at the Flight 93 memorial site near Shanksville, Pennsylvania on Saturday. It commemorates the 44 passengers and crew who fought to take back the plane, which officials feared hijackers intended to crash into the U.S. Capitol or White House.

Most 9/11 victims were from either New York or New Jersey, where many who lived across the Hudson River from the World Trade Center recall the horror of watching the twin towers collapse from their homes in Hoboken and Jersey City.

More than 2,700 people died at the World Trade Center alone on 9/11, including the passengers of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175. Another 184 were killed when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into The Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and 44 died on United Airlines Flight 93 near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

This article has been updated.